Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.5%
Allow Rate
-6.5% vs TC avg
93
Total Applications
+38.1%
Interview Lift
1104
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 43 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
34.1%
§103 Obviousness
30.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17257796 RETROTRANSPOSON-BASED DELIVERY VEHICLE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17584271 PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
17628361 CHIMERIC MOLECULE, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR CLEAVING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID, AND KIT FOR TARGET NUCLEIC ACID CLEAVAGE OR DIAGNOSIS Final Rejection TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
18763490 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING A TARGETED LOCUS Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
16820590 NON-NATURALLY OCCURRING CAPSIDS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND/OR PROTEINS Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
16848117 METHOD, LYSIS SOLUTION AND KIT FOR SELECTIVELY DEPLETING ANIMAL NUCLEIC ACIDS IN A SAMPLE Non-Final OA QIAGEN GMBH
18021913 Micro-Vesicles Comprising Cargo Prodrug RNA and Methods of Using the Same Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
19054584 Linear DNA with Enhanced Resistance Against Exonucleases Non-Final OA 4BASEBIO UK LTD
18040503 MODULATION OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION 3 (STAT3) EXPRESSION Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
16735146 Multiplex Guide RNAS Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18094695 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR MECP2 MODULATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17658957 LNCRNAS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY Non-Final OA Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
17434244 PERSONALIZED AND TIMED RELEASE OF BIOMOLECULES Final Rejection Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
17378274 HUMAN MIRNAS FOR USE IN DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS, AND THERAPY OF HUMAN CONDITIONS AND DISEASES Non-Final OA THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
17788519 IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR DIRECT REPROGRAMMING OF CANCER CELLS INTO IMMUNE CELLS/ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELLS/DENDRITIC CELLS Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
17576971 LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ANALYSIS FOR PATHOGENIC TARGETS Final Rejection Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp.
17430274 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1A Final Rejection BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.
17821359 OPTIMIZED FACTOR VIII GENES Final Rejection BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC.
17497725 NOVEL CRISPR DNA TARGETING ENZYMES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ARBOR BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17413297 ANELLOSOMES FOR DELIVERING PROTEIN REPLACEMENT THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS V, INC.
17094718 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE AND RIBONUCLEIC ACID PRODUCTION Non-Final OA GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
18018089 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NIEMANN-PICK TYPE C1 DISEASE Non-Final OA Voyager Therapeutics, Inc
18157305 USE OF STAT4 INHIBITORS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Final Rejection New York Medical College
18016526 INHIBITORS OF LINE1 AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA T-ONE THERAPEUTICS S.R.L.
17986020 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ADAR-MEDIATED EDITING OF OTOFERLIN (OTOF) Non-Final OA Korro Bio, Inc.
17788524 BODY FAT REDUCING AGENT AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF REDUCING BODY FAT Non-Final OA INNATE CELL THERAPY INC.
17678311 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING ATAXIN 3 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN
17495266 CANCER-SPECIFIC MOLECULES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Envisagenics, Inc.
17599463 NANOSYSTEM BASED ON MICRORNA FOR TREATING OBESITY Final Rejection UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
17425928 Exosome-Mediated Transfection for Delivery of Nucleic Acids Final Rejection University of Louisville Research Foundation

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